2017 University of Kentucky Winter Wheat Meeting

Colette Laurent, Grain Crops Group Coordinator, University of Kentucky

The 2017 University of Kentucky Winter Wheat Meeting is slated for Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the James R. Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville, KY. Registration begins at 8:30am (CST). The meeting will run from 9am - 3pm. Lunch is sponsored by the Kentucky Small Grains Growers Association.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS:
• Weed Problems in Winter Wheat - Garrett Montgomery
• Management of Stripe Rust and Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat - Carl Bradley
• Economic Tools for Improved Decision Making in Wheat Production - Jordan Shockley

• Maximizing Kentucky’s Wheat and Double-Crop Soybean System - Carrie Knott
• Growing Barley and Rye in Kentucky - Chad Lee
• Influence of the 2016’s Warm Fall Season on Wheat’s Pest Populations in 2017 - Raul Villanueva
• 2017 Crop Condition - Carrie Knott
• Market Outlook, Profitability Potential, and Risk Management Alternatives - Todd Davis

The meeting has been approved for the following educational credits:
Pesticide credit: 2 General Hours & 1 Specific Hr (Category 1A, 10, 12)
CCA application have been submitted.

 For more information please click here or email Colette Laurent or call (270) 365-7541 ext 264.